Rod Michano | |
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Born | Toussaint Roderick Michano April 19, 1964 |
Occupation(s) | educator, public speaker, social activist |
Years active | 1990–present (activist) |
Website | Official website |
Rod Michano, (born Toussaint Roderick Michano, April 19, 1964 in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a noted Canadian First Nations HIV/AIDS activist and educator. [1] [2] [3] He is a member of the Ojibways of the Pic River First Nation in Northern Ontario. [2] [3] [4]
Michano left Pic River at age 18, travelling extensively throughout the United States and Canada before coming to Toronto, Ontario [4] where he became active in many Aboriginal and LGBT community organizations. He began HIV/AIDS work and activism in 1990 and has since become a public speaker and educator. He has been involved in many grassroots initiatives that helped raise the profile of HIV/AIDS among Aboriginal, First Nations, Metis, and Inuit, and was featured in the 1997 documentary film Changing Faces of AIDS.[ citation needed]
He resides in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and was co-host of Toronto's 2007 AIDS Vigil.[ citation needed]